According to the American newspaper, The New York TimesPresident’s administration Donald Trump He is currently negotiating the return of diplomats Russians They were expelled from the United States in recent years: however, according to various experts, some of them are likely to be spies.
At present, there are only 220 Russian diplomats In the United States and most work at the Russian embassy located in Washington; However, some also work at the headquarters of New York and Houstonso the plan to admit more representatives raises a risk of espionage in the American territory.
Despite the risks, the Republican president is trying to transform the relations of the United States with Russia, mainly with the Russian president Vladimir Putin; Therefore, his administration already filed conversations with Moscow about the possibility of readmitting to “dozens of Russian diplomats after years of expulsions.”
For American diplomats, The gesture of goodwill by Trump could become a kind of “Troy horse”because it is likely that the Kremlinthe official residence of the Russian president, decides to send some spies to pass through representatives to “restore their espionage capabilities.”
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At the end of February, both the officials of the United States, and those of Russia, met in Türkiye In order to discuss the return of more diplomats to the countries of the other, after several years of expulsions known for being “Eye for Eye”in addition to the closure of some Diplomatic facilities in the mentioned nations.
Subsequently, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubioagreed to ensure that diplomatic missions between the United States and Russia could work in the near future, taking into account that both parties say that “the measure could smoot the path” for a peace agreement broader and thus put an end to war in Ukraine.
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US media consider that an agreement to normalize diplomatic operations between the two countries would also allow the United States own espionage activitiesbased on rumors about the White House, which has allegedly placed several spies in embassies.
Although the diplomats of both nations could perform their functions as a spy in the foreign country, various experts in the United States consider that Russian officials “would enjoy a great advantage“, because they would work in a much more society opencompared to the “cold environment” of the Russians.
Currently, the Republican administration is made up of several officials who sympathize with the vision of the world exposed by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, so dozens of US citizens have raised their doubts on social networks, about whether Trump will continue to give him priority to operations in Russia.
“If I were sitting in Moscow and my main objective would be to get information about Americans, I would rub my hands from happiness“said Paul Kolbe, the principal researcher at the Belfer Center for Harvard science and international issues, referring to the headquarters of Russian internal and exterior intelligence services.
Here’s Trump Basically Saying That He Deliberately Allows Russia To Bomb Ukraine and Kill Ukrainians to Force US To ‘Settle.’
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